JEWELRY designer Lynn Ban died suddenly at the age of 51 following surgery.
The Netflix star leaves behind her husband Jett Kain and their son Sebastian – here’s everything you need to know about their relationship.
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Who is Lynn Ban and what happened to her?
Lynn Ban is originally from Singapore and starred on the reality show Bling Empire: New York.
The debut season of Bling Empire launched in January 2021.
Lynn joined the third season in 2022.
Her company, Lynn Ban Jewelry, is loved by the likes of Rihanna, Beyonce, Cardi B.
With over 25 years of experience in the fashion industry, Lynn has lived and worked in New York, London and Paris.
Her collections have been featured in Vogue, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, W Magazine and V Magazine.
Lynn was enjoying a ski holiday with her family in Aspen, Colorado when Lynn had a serious accident on 24 December 2024.
She suffered a brain bleed and was rushed for emergency brain surgery.
On December 30 2024 the reality star posted a picture showing her shaved head with stitches in it after surgery.
“Christmas Eve on a beautiful sunny day in Aspen on vacation with my family, I had a ski accident that would change my life,” Ban wrote.
The mom said she “caught a tip and face-planted” at the top of the mountain.
“Luckily I always wear a helmet. It didn’t seem that bad at the time and I was able to ski to the bottom,” she recalled.
She said ski patrol officials checked her out for a concussion, and she was cleared.
But after stopping for lunch, she’d developed a headache and was taken for a CAT scan which revealed the damage to her brain.
She was airlifted to hospital and had an emergency craniotomy, but tragically just four weeks after the op she died.
Who is Lynn Ban’s husband?
Jett Kain and Lynn met at a New Year’s Eve party in 1994 and it was reported that she accidentally gave him the wrong cell phone number.
Luckily, they bumped into each other again at a dinner with mutual friends.
Jett was an MTV reporter and producer and Lynn was a college student.
They married privately and worked together to move her dad’s sushi business from Singapore and Hong Kong to America.
Following Genki Sushi’s expansion to the US, the duo decided to launch Lynn’s jewelry business together.
Jett and Lynn were business partners and husband and wife for 27 years.
In an interview with The Straits Times, Lynn said: “He’s instrumental in building our brand. He’s responsible for the publicity and all the projects that we did.”
What has Lynn Ban’s family said about her death?
Sebastian took to Instagram to break the news with Lynn’s followers.
“I know she wanted to share her journey after her accident and brain surgery, so I thought she would appreciate one last post sharing the news to people who supported her,” he wrote.
He remembered his mom as “my best friend, the best mother to me, and someone who cared for all.”
Sebastian said Ban “always had a smile on her face” even during her difficult recovery following her ski accident.
“She was a fighter until the end and is the strongest woman I know.
“She was the funniest and coolest mum I could ever ask for,” Sebastian said, adding that she took care of their entire family throughout her life.
“Although she may be gone now, I will do everything I can to make sure she is never forgotten and for her life to be celebrated as it deserves to be.”
Sebastian concluded his tribute by telling his mom that he will miss her “forever,” adding “I love you more than life itself.”